\u201cBlack Women and Pentecostalism in Diaspora\u201d is a two-day symposium, which will bring together leading scholars in Africana, religious, and feminist studies, history, political science, anthropology, sociology, and ethnomusicology who work in the United States, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Brazil, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Britain. Participants will unpack the elements of Pentecostalism\u2019s appeal, the myriad ways adherents shape and are shaped by its beliefs and practices, and the extent to which the global south and minority populations in the global north impact the twenty-first century world. This symposium will extend current scholarship on Pentecostalism by interrogating continuities and discontinuities of religious practices and experiences at the intersection of three key theoretical frameworks: \u201crace,\u201d gender, and diaspora.<\/p>\n
Symposium Dates:\u00a0 April 20-22, 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cBlack Women and Pentecostalism in Diaspora\u201d is a two-day symposium, which will bring together leading scholars in Africana, religious, and feminist studies, history, political science, anthropology, sociology, and ethnomusicology who work in the United States, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Brazil, Ghana, Nigeria, … Continue reading